Winter Carnival Posters Through the Years

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Designs show interests and popular culture of the times.

The annual winter carnival poster contest has resulted in posters that reflect trends in graphic design while displaying the ever-changing values and interests of students. See Rauner Library’s complete digital collection of all the Dartmouth posters. See the full history of carnival, sculptures, and events through the years.

More reading: 2024 Winter Carnival Will Be Out of This World

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2024 Winter Carnival Poster
Maria O’Matz ’24 designed the Wintersteller poster for 2024.  
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2023 poster with surfing pirate snowmen reading "Shiver me timbers!"
Landon Armstrong ’23 designed the poster and T-shirt for the 2023 Winter Carnival. 
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Winter carnival poster: License to Chill 2022
2022: “Mission: Winter Carnival—License to Chill” 
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2020 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
2020: “A Blizzard of Unbelievable Beasts” 
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2019 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival Poster
2019: “250 Years of Winter” 
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1938 Winter Carnival poster, two skiers waving
1938: Dartmouth Winter Carnival 
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Winter carnival poster 1952
1952: Dartmouth Winter Carnival 
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Winter carnival 1957
1957: Dartmouth Winter Carnival 
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Dartmouth winter carnival poster 1967
1967: “A Midwinter Night’s Dream” 
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1968 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1968: “Klondike Kaleidoscope” 
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1970 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1970: “Meanwhile Back at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival” 
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1973 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1973: “Through a Frosted Looking Glass” 
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1986 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1986: “Where the Wild Things Are” 
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1988 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1988: “Winter Games of Old Gods and Goddesses and Gold” 
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1991 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1991: “Atlantice: A Winter Under the Sea” 
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1992 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1992: “How the Grinch Stole Carnival” 
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1998 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
1998: “The Roaring -20°s” 
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2002 Winter Carnival poster of Dorothy skiing on the yellow brick road
2002: “There’s Snow Place Like Home​” 
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2007 Winter Carnival poster Alice in Wonderland
2007: “Down the Rabbit Hole” 
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20,000 leagues under the snow carnival poster
2008: “20,000 Leagues Under the Snow” 
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2011 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
2011: “Carnival of the Century” 
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2017 Dartmouth College Winter Carnival poster
2017: “Icecraft and Blizzardry” 
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2014 Winter Carnival poster of Game of Thrones
2014: “Carnival of Thrones: Winter is Coming” 
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Dartmouth winter carnival poster 2018
2018: “Snow Wars: May the Frost be with You”